VMCE Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure Management 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the maximum number of restore points Veeam can maintain per VM when using the 'GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son)' retention scheme?
- It depends on the configured weekly, monthly, and yearly settings (Correct answer)
- Always exactly 14 restore points
- Limited to 7 daily restore points only
- Maximum 30 restore points regardless of settings
Correct answer: It depends on the configured weekly, monthly, and yearly settings
GFS retention is fully configurable — administrators define how many weekly, monthly, and yearly restore points to retain, determining the total.
Question 2: When Veeam Backup & Replication replicates a VM to a DR site, what is stored at the DR site?
- A compressed backup file (.vbk)
- A fully registered VM with restore points in VM snapshot format (Correct answer)
- An incremental block-level diff file only
- A Veeam Agent-managed disk image
Correct answer: A fully registered VM with restore points in VM snapshot format
VM replication creates a full VM replica at the DR site registered with the destination vCenter/ESXi, ready for immediate failover.
Question 3: Which Veeam feature automatically tests backup recoverability by restoring VMs in an isolated network and verifying they boot successfully?
- SureBackup (Correct answer)
- DataLabs
- Instant VM Recovery
- Virtual Lab
Correct answer: SureBackup
SureBackup jobs automate the verification of backup recoverability by restoring VMs into a Virtual Lab and running configurable tests.
Question 4: In Veeam's Virtual Lab used by SureBackup, how does network isolation prevent the lab VMs from impacting the production network?
- A dedicated physical NIC is required for lab VMs
- A vNetwork Appliance (masquerading router) provides isolated yet routable lab access (Correct answer)
- Lab VMs are placed in a VLAN with no routing configured
- Firewall rules block all outbound traffic from lab VMs
Correct answer: A vNetwork Appliance (masquerading router) provides isolated yet routable lab access
Veeam's Virtual Lab uses a vNetwork Appliance that masquerades production IP addresses, providing isolated connectivity without conflicting with production.
Question 5: What is the primary purpose of Veeam's 'Backup Copy Job' compared to a standard backup job?
- Creates application-consistent backups using VSS
- Copies existing backup files to a secondary location for offsite retention (Correct answer)
- Performs incremental backups using CBT
- Generates backup reports and SLA compliance data
Correct answer: Copies existing backup files to a secondary location for offsite retention
A Backup Copy Job reads from an existing backup repository and copies restore points to a secondary (often offsite) repository, fulfilling the 3-2-1 rule.
Question 6: When performing Instant VM Recovery, where does the VM actually run during the recovery process?
- Directly from the backup repository storage via NFS/iSCSI mount (Correct answer)
- On a temporary cloud instance provisioned automatically
- From a restored copy on the production datastore
- On the Veeam Backup & Replication server itself
Correct answer: Directly from the backup repository storage via NFS/iSCSI mount
Instant VM Recovery boots the VM directly from the compressed backup file by mounting the repository as a datastore to the ESXi host.
Question 7: Which Amazon Web Services storage tier does Veeam's SOBR Capacity Tier natively support for long-term cloud archival?
- Amazon EBS only
- Amazon S3 and S3-compatible object storage (Correct answer)
- Amazon RDS snapshots
- Amazon EFS shared file system
Correct answer: Amazon S3 and S3-compatible object storage
Veeam SOBR Capacity Tier supports Amazon S3 and any S3-compatible object storage for long-term, cost-effective backup archival.
VMCE Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure Management 3
What is the maximum number of restore points Veeam can maintain per VM when using the 'GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son)' retention scheme?